E55 Kernel Support and question for Christoph (used to be RE: [parisc-linux] Greetings!)

[Thibaut VARENE]

Le mercredi 5 juin 2002, =E0 10:41 , Christoph Plattner a =E9crit :

>
> What to do:
> -----------
>
> Checkout a kernel, and enable the PDC ROM console in the "Character
> Devices" under the "Non-standard serial support". Further follow the
> <HELP> instructions for this driver (Creating a /dev/ttyB0, and use
> this device as login device).
You can get a lifimage with PDC enabled there:
http://pateam.esiee.fr/cd-
images/lifimages/lifimage-2.4.18-pa32-PDC-20020531.gz

There is also a corresponding netinst iso available on this site.

Robbert Stanford, who is hacking K-Class, reported this on the IRC:
15:48:23 <robbie>       the lifimage worked fine
15:49:00 <robbie>       however the kernel that was installed from=20
debian.org wasnt pdc enabled
15:52:44 <robbie>       thibaut:  on eother thing, but its more related=20=

to the install, i had to exit to a shell and manually edit=20
/target/etc/inittab and inittab.real to use /dev/ttyB0
15:55:29 <robbie>       which isnt realy a big deal, knowing one has to=20=

use ttyB0 with the lifimage pretty well means you oughta know enough=20
about sysVinit to check inittab when things go awry on your first boot

About the inittab.real hack, maybe Richard Hirst will see whether some=20=

tweaks to the default boot-floppies have to be done ;o)

Anyway, I hope this will help you.


Thibaut VARENE
PA/Linux ESIEE Team
http://pateam.esiee.fr/